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	Lonely-Isles Swona
		Swona history goes back a long way as the presence of a prehistoric chambered cairn, early christian burial grounds and viking remains shows.
		By the 19th century the Swona islanders main occupation was line-fishing for cod.
		Descendants of the herd of Aberdeen Angus and Brown Shorthorns abandoned in 1974 the cattle survive on grass and seaweedd.
	www.redwebforum.com /isles/swona/Home.htm (555 words)

	Lonely-Isles Swona
		Swona history goes back a long way as the presence of a prehistoric chambered cairn, early christian burial grounds and viking remains shows.
		By the 19th century the Swona islanders main occupation was line-fishing for cod.
		Descendants of the herd of Aberdeen Angus and Brown Shorthorns abandoned in 1974 the cattle survive on grass and seaweedd.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /prod/dialspace/town/pipexdsl/t/atra04/lonelyisles/swona/Home.htm (555 words)

	Swona Information
		The island of Swona (Old Norse for “Swain's Island”) is the northern of the two islands situated in the Pentland Firth between the Orkney Islands and Caithness on the Scottish mainland.
		In 2005 Swona is owned by an Orkney farmer, but is not worked, as it is a conservation area with a number of rare plants.
		The island was populated from around 500BC until 1974 when the last family, two brothers and their sister, were forced to leave by the ill-health of one of the brothers.
	www.bookrags.com /Swona (724 words)

	Swona is a small island island in Orkney Orkney Scotland... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Swona is a small island island in Orkney Orkney Scotland...
		"Swona" is a small island island in Orkney Orkney, Scotland Scotland, west of South Ronaldsay South Ronaldsay.
		Swona lies in the Pentland Firth Pentland Firth, and it is common for whirlpool whirlpools to arise around it.
	www.biodatabase.de /Swona (103 words)

	Orkney Guide Book - Swona & Pentland Firth
		SWONA (ON Swefney, Sweynâs Island), now uninhabited except for a small herd of feral cattle, is a delightful island to the west of Burwick.
		Until the advent of radar vessels regularly went ashore in fog and usually became total losses on the jagged rocks.
		This guide book is the result of years of work so, although you can access the entire book free of charge, we do ask that you agree not to use the content for commercial purposes.
	www.buyorkney.com /information/orkney_guide_book/40_swona (158 words)

	136-137, A new chorographic description of the Orkneys - Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Swona is situated in a sea crueller than any sea even the cruellest, namely in the Pictish strait; some things about its nature should, it seems, be opportunely said, before we pass to consideration of the remaining Orcadian islands.
		Of the same nature are also rocks positioned above Stroma to the north west, which in the vernacular Scots name are called ‘the Men of Mey’, that is, men of the castle of Mey belonging to the most respected Lord of Mey, brother of the Earl of Caithness.
		Because it is neither inhabited nor cultivated, but left deserted only for animals to graze, it rather merits taken strictly the name of holm than of island, because of its smallness.
	www.nls.uk /maps/early/blaeu/984.html (483 words)

	Cattle marooned on Scottish island evolve into a new breed Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
		Swona, a four-mile boat trip from South Ronaldsay on the Orkney mainland, was abandoned by humans between 25 and 30 years ago.
		Its ageing population was dying out, and the difficulties of communication and lack of modern services made it unattractive to younger people.
		The cattle were left to become wild and to graze the grass on the wedge- shaped landscape with its high cliffs at one end and a gently sloping beach at the other.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19991019/ai_n14281065 (637 words)

	BBC News \| Scotland \| Herd goes wild, not mad
		The herd, which has been undisturbed for the past 25 years on the island of Swona, has been breeding by natural selection for several generations.
		Swona was abandoned by humans in 1974 when its ageing population began to die out and was not reinvigorated by new blood.
		The cattle were left to their own devices and have since been studied by Professor Stephen Hall, a zoologist at De Montfort University in Leicester.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/480237.stm (448 words)

	Caithness CWS - Pentland Firth - Tides
		The most extensive and dangerous race in the Pentland Firth is called the Merry men of Mey, which forms off St John's Point during the W-going tidal stream, and when fully established, extends the entire distance across the firth to Tor Ness.
		During the E-going and W-going tidal streams races will form, respectively SE and SW of the Tails of The Tarf on the edge of eddies E and W of Swona; where they may become violent when wind is opposed to the tidal stream.
		At (-0500 to about HW Dover) when the SE and E-going tidal streams are respectively SW and N of Muckle Skerry and are well established and eddy forms of the SE side of Muckle Skerry and eventually extends about 3 miles ESE from Pentland Skerries.
	www.caithness.org /pentlandfirth/tides.htm (2015 words)

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		(3) Loko mutshami wa xitulu wa Vulawuri kumbe komiti a nga ri kona enhlengeletanini, swirho leswi nga kona enhlengeletanini swi nga hlawula exikarhi ka swona mukhomeri enhlengeletanini yoleyo.
		Ematshan'weni ya swona, mfumo wu fanele ku landza swiyelo leswi bohaka Riphabliki ku ya hi nawu wa matiko ya misava wa ku komba vumunhu hi tlhelo ra ku pfaleriwa ka vanhu votanu.
		Loko swirho swa mfumo wa milawu wa xifundzankulu swi nga si sungula ku tirha mintirho ya swona eka mfumo wa milawu, swi fanele ku hlambanya kumbe ku tiyisisa ku tshembeka ka swona eka Riphabliki na ku xixima Vumbiwa, ku ya hi Xeduluya 2.
	www.dasher.org.uk /dasher/download/training/training_Tsonga_ZA.txt (11430 words)

	The Pentland Firth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Firth itself is not large-around 17 miles from Dunnet Head, which can serve as its westerly entrance, to the most easterly of the islets that make up the Pentland Skerries in the east.
		The gap between Caithness on the mainland and Orkney varies from 6-8 miles, and the islands of Stroma and Swona lie in the channel.
		On the sighting of a potential client, pilots took to the sea at once and rowed or sailed as fast as they could to reach her, as the first pilot to arrive usually got the job.
	www.clansinclairusa.org /articles/june2001/pentlandfirth.html (1309 words)

	About Government - Coat of Arms (Tsonga)
		Makhoyisani, I vanhu va khale swinene lava va nga tshama eka tiko leri khale ka khaleni, na swona vukona bya vona I vumbhoni bya vumunhu bya hina na ndzhaka ya hina tani hi vanhu va Afrika Dzonga.
		Leswi swi tlhela swi komba masungulo ya ku ncinca ka munhu hi wun'we wun'we, ku va a va munhu loyi a nga nchumu wun'we na rixaka, kasi na swona na ku kombisa Vumunhu bya hina hinkwerhu.
		Idayirektara ya khampani ya FCB Group na swona u endlile tidizayini to tala ta tikhampani, na ta mfumo na ta minhlangano yin'wana.
	www.info.gov.za /aboutgovt/symbols/coa/tsonga.htm (1273 words)

	Swona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Swona is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, west of South Ronaldsay.
		Swona lies in the Pentland Firth, and it is common for whirlpools to arise around it.
		It has been uninhabited since 1974 and is currently used for grazing cattle.
	www.centipedia.com /index.php?title=Swona&action=edit (88 words)

	Caithness CWS - Caithness Field Club - Annual Bulletins - 1984 - October - Wrecks of the Pentland Firth
		The Stromness lifeboat and the Grimsby trawler "Beaumaris Castle" managed to refloat her end she was towed home by the "Beaumaris Castle".
		The Aberdeen trawler "Mount Eden", happened to be in the vicinity and took off her complement of 19, including a woman and child.
		Longhope lifeboat, assisted by Swona fishermen, towed her off and took her to Longhope.
	www.caithness.org /caithnessfieldclub/bulletins/1984/october/wrecks_of_pentland_firth.htm (8586 words)

	Swona in Orkney, Scotland
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		If you are organising an event in Swona then let us know about it and we will put a link to your event here and what's more we'll do it for FREE.
		The earlier you do it the better as not only will visitors to this Swona page see details of your event but so will visitors to our Orkney pages and really big events will be displayed at national level too.
	www.british-towns.net /sc/level_4_display.asp?GetL3=12936 (519 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Tidal power plan to blow up two islands
		A study indicates that the removal of Stroma and Swona would increase the tidal flow through the firth, which separates Orkney and Caithness, boosting the possibilities for the generation of marine energy.
		Swona, the most northerly of the two islands, is famous as the home of a herd of wild cattle, left behind when the last inhabitants left the island in 1974, and recognised as a separate breed in their own right.
		Stroma, which had a population of 375 in 1901, was largely abandoned in 1961, although a human presence remained until 1996, when the island lighthouse was automated.
	news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1502822006&bad=104006 (1567 words)

	Cargo ship aground on Swona - Orkney Today
		A NORWEGIAN cargo vessel with seven crew onboard is aground on Swona this morning.
		Aberdeen Coastguard were alerted to the incident in the Pentland Firth shortly before 5 am this morning.
		The vessel, the 2652 ton, 1977 built, 79 metre long 'Sunna' was reported to be aground by the bow on rocks in the Pentland Firth on Swona near South Ronaldsay.
	www.orkneytoday.co.uk /news_item.asp?newsItem=937 (298 words)

	The Pentland PiratesThe Pentland Pirates - Orkney Today
		These facts are interesting in themselves but by far the most significant entry relating to the Viking period gets the briefest of mentions and at that, a misleading one.
		No doubt it was the Swona men too who told Sveinn that the best place to hide was the cave in Barswick, and that there was a nearby farm where he would get food whenever he wanted.
		The only conclusion to be drawn from this is that the Swona men and Sveinn were in the pay of the Scottish king, i.e.
	www.orkneytoday.co.uk /news_item.asp?newsItem=1119 (1187 words)

	Mbulavulo wa ku Pfala wa Presidente wa African National Congress, Thabo Mbeki, eka National General Council ya Vumbirhi ...
		Loko hi pfala ntirho wa hina, kasi na swona hi ku vulavula hi vito ra Komiti-nkulu ya Vufambisi ya tiko (National Executive Council), no tivulavulela hi ndzexe, Ndzi rhandza ku nkhensa varhumiwa swinene hi ku tiyimisela ka vona swonghasi eka ku langutana na ntirho wa NGC.
		"Diklarexini yi na xiyenge xa 4.15 xa Vumbiwa (ra ANC) lexi vulaku leswaku xiyenge lexi xi fanele xi hoxeriwa eka fomo ya vuxirho, na swona swirho leswintshwa swi fanele ku teka xihlambanyiso lexi, lexi xi faneleke ku endliwa loko munhu a joyina.
		Na swona, swi tlhela swi vula leswaku, hi na tichansi to xava vanhu leswaku va endla leswi hi swi lavaku, handle ko landza swikongomelo na minsinya leyi nga timitsu no kombisa muxaka lowu African National Congress wu nga xiswona.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/mbeki/2005/tm0703d.html (1984 words)

	VisitOrkney - the official Orkney tourism website
		Our breeding seabirds seem to have picked up after a very late start but it remains to be seen just how successful a breeding season it will be; there are fears that they may give up before rearing their young.
		Arctic Terns are certainly very late, although 150 chicks were found amongst a colony of 1000 adults on Swona on 29th, most birds still being on eggs.
		Short-eared Owls were also conspicuous in their moorland breeding areas but away from these, birds were also seen on North Ronaldsay on three dates and on Swona on 29th.
	www.visitorkney.com /birdreports/july2005.asp (1146 words)

	Underwater War on the North Coast :Highland Archives
		His stomach was half-ways into his throat as U-18 passed Swona and headed for Hoxa Sound between South Ronaldsay and Flotta, but luck was with the German cartain.
		Hopefully he would return with a U-boat pack, find the Grand Fleet at anchor and at one stroke reduce the disparity in numbers between the opposing fleets.
		As U-18 passed through Hoxa Sound on its way towards Swona, Hennig raised the submarine's periscope in order to get a fix on his position, a necessary precaution if U-18 was not to be swept on to the dangerous rocks that surrounded it.
	www.internet-promotions.co.uk /archives/caithness/sub1.htm (3354 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Swona
		The island of Swona (Old Norse for “Swain's Island”) is the northern of the two islands situated in the Pentland Firth between the Orkney Islands and Caithness on the Scottish mainland.
		In 2005 Swona is owned by an Orkney farmer, but is not worked, as it is a conservation area with a number of rare plants.
		Swona lies in the Pentland Firth Pentland Firth, and it is common for whirlpool whirlpools to arise around it.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Swona (1421 words)

	Swona - InformationBlast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Swona is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, west of South Ronaldsay.
		Swona lies in the Pentland Firth, and it is common for whirlpools to arise around it.
		It has been uninhabited since 1974 and is currently used for grazing cattle.
	www.informationblast.com /Swona.html (57 words)

	GYKD - Swona Twin Stack Exhaust NC30
		On phoning Dave at Swona, I was pleased to hear that he was planning to develop a half system for the ’30 also but needed a bike in the workshop to set the jig up.
		Swona have separated these so that the front and back cylinders are effectively separate and distinct runs.
		In actual fact, this caused the biggest headache when installing the system but ultimately is much more beneficial to the owner as separate replacement parts can be bought in the case of an accident at a much reduced cost compared to the original.
	www.gykd.co.za /gykd/reviews/acc.html?id=7 (1280 words)

	Swona \| THG Lexikon
		Swona (altnordisch Swefney) Schweine-Insel, ist die südlichste, heute unbewohnte Insel der Orkney.
		Swona und sein fruchtbarer Boden waren auch in der Wikingerzeit besiedelt.
		Die Insel, vor der auch ein Schiff in Seenot geriet auf dem Robert Louis Stevenson mitreiste, wurde 1974 von den letzten Bewohnern verlassen und steht weitgehend unter Naturschutz.
	www.thgweb.de /lexikon/Swona (253 words)

	Minesweeping at Malta Part2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The drifter SWONA was also active in December, detonating 6 magnetic and 4 acoustic mines, seven of them in one day, 23 December.
		During the night of 31 January-1 February SWONA, sweeping at night, was damaged by a near miss bomb and one member of her crew was killed and 7 others injured.
		The majority were aimed at the harbour and the docks and on 1 April the LL/AS drifter SUNSET was bombed and sunk in French Creek and ABINGDON was damaged by near misses.
	www.cronab.demon.co.uk /malta2.htm (2188 words)

	Swona - Alte resurse : related Automotive Resources - details top info about Cars by date in English, pagina 1 item #0. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Swona - Alte resurse : related Automotive Resources - details top info about Cars by date in English, pagina 1 item #0.
		Swona official news, swona public information & swona related topics.
		Try swona in Cars swona database: official swona resources, daily updated.
	www.auto-moto.biz /go-related-view-0_swona_1-1-dateadded-no-en_EN.htm (143 words)

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